Jake Paul is ready to fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a boxing match that might be livestreamed on Netflix.
The bout is scheduled to happen on July 20 on the AT&T Stadium in Texas and might be available to all Netflix subscribers. Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, might be announced at a later date. It’s being produced in a partnership between Netflix and Paul’s and Nakisa Bidarian’s Most Useful Promotions (MVP).
It will not be the primary time Paul and Tyson have appeared on a boxing card together. Paul fought within the co-main event of the pay-per-view that saw Tyson fight an exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, which was Tyson’s first boxing match since 2006. Paul defeated former NBA player Nate Robinson via knockout within the second round in what was Paul’s second skilled boxing match.
Paul has racked up a professional record of 9 wins, 1 loss, with 6 knockouts since his debut in January 2020. He most recently defeated Ryan Bourland via TKO on March 2. Tyson has a professional record of fifty wins, 6 losses, with 44 knockouts.
“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard,” Paul said. “Now, lower than 4 years later, I’m stepping as much as face Tyson myself to see if I even have what it takes to beat one in every of boxing’s most notorious fighters and largest icons. Inside just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to provide the largest fight in history, a fight in the largest NFL stadium within the US, broadcast live, on the largest streaming platform on the earth – a testament to all we’ve completed in such a brief period of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to wish to miss this event. I couldn’t be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the toughest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July twentieth. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I even have a likelihood to prove myself against the best heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and probably the most dangerous boxer of all time. This might be the fight of a lifetime.”
“I’m very much looking forward to getting into the ring with Jake Paul on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” Tyson said. “He’s grown significantly as a boxer over time, so it would be a number of fun to see what the desire and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It’s a full circle moment that might be beyond thrilling to observe; as I began him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to complete him.”
Legal representation for Most Useful Promotions and Paul was provided by Michael B. Abramson of Solomon Ward. Tyson was repped by Andrew Ruf at Paradigm.
This marks Netflix’s latest enterprise into the world of live sports. The streaming giant most recently aired “The Netflix Slam,” a tennis matchup between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. Prior to that, they aired the golf event “The Netflix Cup.” Netflix can also be set to turn out to be the weekly home of WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” starting in 2025.
